“No, thirty. I made a note of it. I always pay our governess thirty. Well, um, you’ve been here two months, so...” “Two months and five days.”

“Exactly two months. I made a special note of it. That means you have sixty dollars coming to you. Take off nine Sundays... you know you didn’t work with Tom on Sundays, you only took walks. And three holidays... ”Julia was biting her finger nail nervously, her face red, but--- not a word. “Three holidays, therefore take off twelve dollars. Four days Tom was sick and there were no lessons, as you were occupied only with Dick. Three days you had a toothache and my wife gave you permission not to work after lunch. Twelve and seven - nineteen. Take nineteen off ... that leaves. hmm.... forty one dollars. Correct？”

Julia’s left eye reddened with tears welling up. Her chin trembled; she coughed nervously and blew her nose, but --- still not a word.

“Around New Year’s Day you broke a teacup and a saucer; take off two dollars. The cup cost more, it was a treasure of the family, but--- forget it. When didn’t I take a loss! Then, due to your neglect （疏忽）, Tom climbed a tree and tore his jacket; take away ten. Also due to your carelessness the maid stole Dick’s shoes. You ought to watch everything! You get paid for it. So, that means five more dollars off. The tenth of January I gave ten dollars.” “You didn’t. ”sobbed Julia. “But I made a note of it.” “Well... if you say so.”

“Take twenty seven from forty one -that leaves fourteen.”

Both her eyes were filled with tears. Beads of sweat stood on the thin pretty little nose. Poor girl!

“Only once was I given any money,” she whispered, her voice trembling,

“and that was by your wife. Three dollars, nothing more.”

“Really? You see now, and I didn’t know that! Take three from fourteen.. leaves eleven. Here’s your money, my dear. Three, three, three, one and one. Here it is !”

I handed her eleven dollars. She took them and pocketed them. “Merci （法语: 谢谢）,”she whispered.

I jumped to my feet and started pacing the room. I was overcome with anger. “For what, this ‘merci’?” I asked. “For the money. ”

“But you know I’ve cheated you - robbed you ! I have actually stolen from you ! Why this‘merci’？”

“In my other places they didn’t give me anything at all.”

“They didn’t give you anything? No wonder! I played a little joke on you, a cruel lesson, just to teach you... I m going to give you all the eighty dollars! Here they are in the envelope all ready for you... Is it really possible to be so spineless （懦弱）?Why didn’t you protest? Why were you silent? Is it possible in this world to be without teeth and claws（爪）---to be such a fool?”

Embarrassed, she smiled. And I could read her expression,“It is possible.” I asked her pardon for the cruel lesson and, to her great surprise, gave her the eighty dollars. She murmured her little“merci”several times and went out. I looked after her and thought,“How easy it is to crush the weak in this world !”

64．What shocked the writer was Julia’s ________.

A. nervousness in front of her boss B. acceptance of injustice C. shyness when talking about money D. unwilling to express herself

65．The writer said, “Is it possible in this world to be without teeth and

claws?” He was actually telling the governess ________.

A. to be more aggressive(侵略的) B. to be more careful in her work

C. to protect her right D. to live independently 66．At the end of the story, the writer said,“ How easy it is to crush the weak in this world!” to show ________. A. his understanding of Julia’s anxiety B. his worry about Julia’s future

C. his concern on the living condition of working - class people

D. his sympathy for the mental state of the weak

67．From the story, we can tell that Julia’s employer was ________. A. greedy but honest B. ill - tempered but warm - hearted C. strict but forgiving D. none of the above D

You are about to say something to your younger brother when he gestures that he’s got a phone message.

“But I didn’t hear the ring，”you say.

“Because you are too old，”your brother answers. Don’t get mad. He’s just telling you the truth.

Teenagers in Britain and the US have a weapon against the older generation，especially parents and teachers. It’s a ring tone that many adults cannot hear.

According to a recent report from the New York Times，in some Manhattan schools，students have begun using the technology. Cellphone use is usually forbidden in class. But using the high-pitched （频率） ring tone，students can successfully exchange phone messages without being found by their

teachers.

The technology relies on the fact that most adults gradually lose the ability to hear high-pitched sounds, It was developed in Britain but has recently spread to America by the Internet.

However，the technology was originally aimed at annoying teenagers，not the other way around.

Called the Mosquito，it was marketed last year by a Welsh security company. It is an ear-splitting 17-kilohertz buzzer （蜂鸣器） designed to help shopkeepers get rid of young people hanging around in front of their stores. Humans can hear sounds taking place in a frequency range between 200 and 20,000 hertz，as the research shows. But our hearing gradually becomes worse when we grow up.

68．Students in some Manhattan schools have begun using the technology，

so they can_________．

A．talk in class without being heard by their teachers

B．use cellphones to send messages in class C．hear better in class than their teachers

D．improve their hearing ability

69．The underlined phrase “the other way around” implies the ________.

A．adults are annoyed now B．teenagers are annoyed now C．adults are not annoyed now

D．both adults and teenagers are annoyed now

70．According to this passage，what will happen to a person when he is over twenty?

A．He can hear sounds with frequencies between 200 and 20,000 hertz. B．He can hear sounds with a frequency of 17-kilohertz.

C．He cannot hear sounds with frequencies between 200 and 20,000 hertz. D．He cannot hear sounds with a frequency of 17-kilohertz. 71．It can be concluded from the passage that _________. A．older people hear no better than teenagers B．older people had better not use cellphones C．teenagers hear better than old people

D．teenagers had better not use cellphones E

In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple cameras. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his yard. That was the first photograph.

The next important date in the history of photography was 1837. That year, Daguerre, another French, took a picture of his studio. He used a new kind of camera and a different process. In his pictures, you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest details. This kind of photograph was called a daguerreotype.

Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s process. Travelers brought back daguerreotypes from all around the world. People photographed famous buildings, cities and mountains.

In about 1840, the process was improved. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. The process was not simple. The photographers had to carry lots of films and processing equipment. But this did not stop the photographers, especially in the United States. After 1840s daguerreotype artists were popular in most cities.

Mathew Brady was a well - known American photographer. He took many pictures of famous people. The pictures were unusual because they were very